Boot-heel



Wizz/fi EES. PHOTO-LITHBGRAPHER. WASHINGTON D C UNTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STILLMAN "lIIORl, Ulf IVURTLND, AND

WESLEY THURI', 0F TURNER, MAINE.

BOOT-HEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 22,755, dated January 25, 1859.

To all whom fit may mnvern:

Bo it known that wc. SrnirinAN Timur, of Portlandr` in the count),Y of (hnnlm'ln11d,z1nd limiter Timm', of Tui-non in the county of ndrtmooggin, Stute ot' Maine, have inrented n now and nsot'nl linprowniont in Ioot 1 :intl Show; and wo do hou-hy dotrlziro that tho sinne iS fully dost-ritmi and ropresented in the following spcoitiontion und thtx accompanying drawings. ot' which- Figure 11 donotos :i top vitw of lht heel :nld shank ot' tho ontor wolo of a hoot hoving our invention :ippliod lo thoni.y whil(l 1t`ig.2,iozi bottoni View, Figx, :i nido @loveltion,y and Fin'. l. :1 ltmgittnlinol Hcrtion ot' tho sonic. l

In such drawings` AL exhibits` the ht'ol and i B, tho outer pznt` ol thtsolo ot' tho Shank portion of :i hoot or Qhou tlnlntvr having :i inotnllir spring or olzistii' Awti'tlonoi; C, luid on the upper snrtmrv of thti `mino und so :1s to oxttnd between it und tho itwolv und t'roan the upper vnd otl :i srrow pin ol' holt' l)` which extends down through tho middle of tlm hrcl :intl mirriok: n ('ircuhir litt or pluto ot' nwtnl E, which is sorowml on it und not onl)Y sorvcs :1s o scrlw init lint :ri :i rotary i hool. lt`nrtherinoro, the shank `Qti'tllinorconibinml with tho rotarxv hotl pluto ll. by means :is doscribed is firmly supported by it, and Hnrli means under the inovoinunte impzu'tml to suf'h Shank stitionor hy tito tootV of o porson while in tho` :ir-t ot' wnlltnig: :incl besides thi 1 tho stitl'onor vonfstilntos o tirin support,

tor tho holder ot tho rotary heel pieno. il'lnn tho rotor)v hotel piove livuoines iyorn on ono itlo moro than :mother it muy bo turned around on ilo sri-ow pin or holder, so as to lil-ing zx lr'ronh or thirk part in the plaire of tho worn portion. In thi\4 way the duraliilitwY of thtx livel muy bo protracted. By thc' conjoint :wtion ot tho A honk otittenor :intl tho rotary lltlol pitt'o Vnunet-tml togethlr its tlosorihocl llnl li'tts i, 2T, i, olf lmtlior conlpmingl tho hooi :1ro t-ontiiied closely together.

It ttohirzililo. :i lvnther` india rubber or gotta port-hn litt. muy lkw applied to th(` ontw' intm-o or sinhx ot tht` niotzlllir` lieol piene.

El do not (-lninl :1n elastic inotullio spring or phlllA zippliml in thel Hhanl" of :1 hoot; nor do wr ('lnim :i rotary livel picco zipplid nopnrotcly troni thtx metallic shank pietro, :o4 wo :iro :muro that noitlwr is new; but

dmtwv (lo claim is Tho roinliin-(ition ot' thtx niotallio plato lspring or xhtml; #tititner :nld the rotary hool piiffe Conntuted togvthcr and applied to tho heel and shrink ot' n hoot or shoe subst-iur tizilly nV spvriticd.

ln tvstiinon;v whortot' wo havo horennto out our signntnrvo.

STILLMAN THORP. W ESLI) Y T HORP.

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